COUNCILLORS wanting to discuss in more detail the forthcoming Local Development Plan had their motion voted down as it would disrupt the “delivery timescale”.

In recent months, several planning officers from Anglesey and Gwynedd County Councils have been working together to come up with the new LDP.

The plan would form the basis of where new houses can be built and also where economic development should take place for the next 25 years. It is expected that the document should be completed by 2016.

At the full council meeting last week, Cllr Goronwy Owen called for councillors to attend seminars to understand the importance of the document.

He said: “I don’t think this will hold it back, it’s a huge local issue. It’s important that we get as much information as possible and discuss it.”

The delivery agreement is a legal part of the process of framing an LDP. It forms an official agreement between Anglesey and Gwynedd Councils and the Welsh Government.

Cllr Elwyn Schofield, said: “I have no real problem with the delivery agreement, but there’s much more in this document than that, it’s about social and economic consequences of the plan.

“The LDP is the most important thing that we can discuss today, it’s our legacy for the next 25 years.”

Shadow planning portfolio holder Cllr John Chorlton said: “There are no changes in policy it’s a delivery agreement that discusses the timescales expected for the LDP.”